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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered |
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mental health services must be filed. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application |
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must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the |
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proposed patient: |
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(1) resides; |
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(2) is located at the time the application is filed [is |
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found]; [or] |
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(3) was apprehended under Chapter 573; or |
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(4) is receiving mental health services by court order |
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or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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574.001, Health and Safety Code, applies only to an application for |
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court-ordered mental health services submitted on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |